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United States Patent 3,197,032 TRASH CAN SUPPQR'I Everett N. Stanley,R0. Box 1148, ilasper, Wyn. Filed Apr. 10, 1964, Ser. No. 358,8tlii 10Claims. (Cl. 21183) This invention pertains to a support for coveredreceptacles such as trash cans, or the like, the support including canholding means and lift means engaged with the receptacle cover forlifting of the cover and retention thereof in selected positions.

A basic objective of the present invention is to Provide a can retentionsupport of the general class described above, including a can supportmeans and a cover lift and locking means, the can support being adaptedto be readily and conveniently mounted on existing supporting elementsor on special supporting elements hereof, and the cover lift and lockingassembly serving to prevent accidental or inadvertent removal of thecover, but aiding in the authorized placement and removal thereof. It isa related object of the invention to provide, in a receptacle supportassembly, a means for locking the cover of the receptacle in placeserving to prevent the removal thereof by wind, pets, children, and thelike, and serving to maintain the cover in selected, open positions.

Further objects include the provision of a receptacle support means forholding a receptacle in suspended relation above the ground, theprovision of a means for removal of a receptacle cover which eliminatesthe need for handling of the cover itself, the provision (in one form ofthe invention) of a wheeled support means, and the provision of novelanchoring means for such Wheeled support.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of thefollowing specification, when read in conjunction with the annexeddrawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective View of a first form of support constructedand assembled in accordance with the teachings of this invention;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan View of a support as shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged, sectional view showing details of construction,taken substantially on the section line 3-3 of FIGURE 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows;

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 3, disclosing a different operatingposition of the elements;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged top plan view disclosing a first modification ofthe invention;

FIGURE 6 is a side elevational view of one side arm of the form of theinvention disclosed in FIGURE 5;

FIGURE 7 is a front elevational View thereof;

FIGURE 8 is an enlarged, detail sectional view taken substantially onthe line 88 of FIGURE 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of a second modified form of theinvention;

FIGURE 10 is a top plan view of the apparatus of FIGURE 9, withtransport levers in place;

FIGURE 11 is a side elevational view of the assembly shown in FIGURE 10;

FIGURE 12 is an enlarged, detail cross sectional View substantially onthe line 12-12 of FIGURE 10, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

FIGURE 13 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the anchoring meanshereof.

With more detailed reference to the drawing, and initially to FIGURES14, a first form of receptacle support or" this invention is thereinshown. The support 20 is particuarly provided for use with a receptacle22,

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such as a conventional trash can, having pivotally mounted, bail-typehandles 24 on opposite sides thereof, and having a cover 26 providedwith a central, upstanding handle 28. The support 20 may be used incombination with any suitable support element such as a fence, wall, orother element 30, preferably vertically arranged and of a heightsufficient to permit suspension of the can 22 above the ground or floor.

The supports 20 hereof comprise an elongated, substantially rectangularback member 32 having a plurality of openings 34 formed therein andhaving opposite ends 36, 38. Suitable connection means, such as bolts40, are employed to secure the back member 32 to the support surface 30.

Side arms 42 and 44 are secured to the ends 36 and 38, respectively, ofthe back member, integrally or otherwise, the arm 44 being arrangedsubstantially perpendicular to the back member, and the arm 42 beingangularly related thereto as shown in FIGURE 2. Each of the arms 42 and44 has a distal end portion 46 and 48, and substantially rectangular endplates 50 extend angularly outward therefrom. As shown in FIGURE 1, theplates 59 each have a series of longitudinally spaced apertures 52formed therein in horizontal rows.

Handle engagement means operatively associated with each of the endplates is provided, and each such means includes a substantiallyL-shaped clip 54 having a foot portion 56 extended through a selectedaperture 52 and an upstanding leg portion '58. Nuts 60 may be employedon the foot portions 56 to retain the same in place.

A lug member 62 is secured to the back member 32 adjacent to but spacedfrom its end 38 or alternatively on the end 38, being connected as bywelds 64. The lug 62 has a vertical opening 66 formed therein of aselected diameter, the opening having vertical walls substantiallyperpendicular to the upper and lower sides 68 and 7%) of the lug 62.

Slidably positioned in the opening 66 is an elongated, substantiallycylindrical rod '72 having an upper end 74 and a lower end 76. A crosspiece, such as a cotter pin 78 is secured to the rod adjacent its lowerend 76 comprising a stop means to limit withdrawal of the rod from thelug. The rod 72 is of a selected diameter such that, when verticallypositioned with its outer side substantially parallel to the openingWalls in the opening 66, it is slidable therein, but, when tilted asshown in FIGURE 4, the rod binds a-g inst the opening walls preventingrelative sliding movement.

An elongated lift arm 80 with inner and outer end portions 82, 84 issupplied, and the inner end portion 82 is fixedly secured to the upperend 74 of the rod 72. The outer end portion 84 of the lift arm issecured to the cover handle 28 by clamping bands 86. Positionedintermediate the ends 82 and 84 about the rod 80 is a grip or lift means88. The grip 88 is located at a position on the arm 80 such that upwardforce applied thereto results in straight upward movement of the rod 72,thereby permitting upward, sliding movement of the rod in the opening66. With the cover 26 removed from the can 22 and swung laterally, forexample, to the position shown in FIGURE 1, the weight of the covercauses a tilting of the rod 72 to a position as shown in FIGURE 4, whichprevents further sliding of the rod within the vopening 66 until theoperator again manipulates the grip to vertically align the rod forsliding movement in the lug opening 66.

FIGURES 5-8 disclose a second form of the invention quite similar tothat shown in FIGURES 1-4, but including means for adjustment of thedistance between the lug means and can support means thereof, wherebyreceptacles of varying height between the side handles 24 and coverhandle 28 are accommodated. The elements comprising the second form 20aof the invention which are substantially the same as those elements inthe first described form, are identified by like reference characters,with the letter a appended thereto. As best shown in FIGURE 8, thesubstantially perpendicular ar1n44a has a pair of transverseopenings-100 formed therein. An elongated elevating plate 102, withupper and lower ends 104 and 106 is adjustably positioned against thearm 4411. Plate 102 has a plurality of bores 108 thereinselectivelyalignable with the openings 100, and screw means 110 are employed,extending through a selected pair of the bores 108 and the openings 100to set the plate 102 at a selected location in relation to the side arm44a. The plate 102 has a lug 62a secured to its upper end 104, the lug62a having an opening 66a therein. Operation of the second embodiment20a of the invention is as hereinbefore described with respect to thefirst form 20 of the invention.

A further modification is shown in FIGURES 9-13 which comprises pluralsupports 20b of this invention on a common mount. In this form of theinvention (wherein elements corresponding to the elements of FIGURES 5-8carry the samenumerals with a letter b afiixed for distinction), theupstanding support element comprises a tubular standard 200 having abase end 202 and a top end 204. The base end 202 is fixedly seated in asleeve 206 connected to a horizontal bar208 having an end 210. An axlemember 212 having a sleeve 214 secured about the end 210 of the bar 208supports the same, and the axle 212 has ground wheels 216 operativelymounted thereon.

,As shown in FIGURE 10, clamp means 218 is employed to secure the backmembers 32b of a pair of supports 20b to the upuper end 204 of thestandard 200, the clamp means comprising a cap with bolts extendedthrough said members. As further. seen in that figure, a pair oftransport levers 220, each including an elongated handle portion 222 andan inwardly bent, apertured portion 224 are provided and secured to the.extended end plates 50b of one of the supports 20b.

Anchoring means 226 is provided for the form of the invention shown .inFIGURES 9, 10, and 11, the'anchoring means being best seen per se inFIGURE 13. In that figure, it will be seen that means 226 includes adisc.

228 with a keyhole slot 230 therein opening on one side thereof andhaving a depending leg 232 driven into the ground or other surface belowthe device adjacent a trench 234 (FIGURE 9), with the slot opening 230facing the trench. A first L-shaped guide leg 236 is fixed to the bar208 beneath the sleeve 206 and a locking bar 238 is fixed to one sidethereof. A second lock piece 240 is fixed 'to the guide leg 236 at alocation spaced from the bar 238 thereby to provide a slot 242therebetween. As indicated in FIGURE 13, the leg 236 and the lock barsection 240 are extended into the trench 234, with the slotted portion242 being used as an entry portion through the keyhole'slot 230. Thedevice is then lowered so that the portion 238 enters the enlargedportion of slot 230, thereby effectively preventing further movement ofthe apparatus.

Having described and illustrated several embodiments of this inventionin some detail, it will be understood that these descriptions andillustrations are offered merely by wayof example, and that theinvention is to be limited in scope only by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A support for a trash can or the like having handle means on oppositesides thereof, and having a cover with an upwardly projecting coverhandle, the support comprising:

an upstanding support element; 7 j V a back member secured to thesupport element, the back member having outer ends;

a side arm projecting outwardly from each of the ends of the back memberincluding a substantially perpendicularly related side member and an outwardly angled side member, each side member having a distal end;

an end plate fixed to each of the distal ends and projecting outwardlytherefrom, the end plates having a series of longitudinally spacedapertures formed therein;

handle engagement means, including a pair of L-shaped clips, each havinga leg portion and a foot portion, the foot portions being extendedthrough selected openings in the respective end plates with the legportions extended upwardly therefrom and engaged with the handle meansof the cans; a lug member having an opening formed therein with at leastone wall, projecting outwardly from the back member, adjacent thesubstantially perpendicular side I a rod member, the opening in said lugmember appreciably exceeding said rod member in cross-section, said rodmember being slidably mounted in the lug opening when verticallydisposed and having stop means thereon to limit withdrawal from the lugopening; and

an elongated lift arm connected to the rod member, having an outer endportion secured to the cover, and lift means thereabout.

2. A support as defined in claim 1, wherein:

the upstanding element comprises a tubular standard;

and

a wheeled base for the standard.

3. A support as defined in claim 2, and:

transport levers secured to the end plates.

4. A support as defined in claim 2, and:

anchoring means for the base.

5. A plural support for trash cans or the like having handle means onopposite sides thereof, and having a cover with an upwardly projectingcover handle, the supports comprising: 7

an upstanding support element;

back members secured to the support element, the back members eachhaving outer ends;

side arms projecting outwardly from each of the back members,including'substantially perpendicularly related side arms and outwardlyangled side arms, each arm having a distal end;

end plates fixed to each of the distal ends and projecting outwardlytherefrom, the end plates having a series of longitudinally spacedapertures formed therein;

handle engagement means, including a pair of L-shaped clips, each havinga leg portion and a foot portion,

the foot portions being extended through selected openings in therespective end plates with the leg portions extended upwardly therefromand engaged with the handle means of each can;

lug members each having an opening formed therein with at least onewall, projecting outwardly from the back members;

rod members, the opening in each of said lug members appreciablyexceeding each of said rod members in cross-section, each of said rodmembers'being slidably -mounted in one of said lug openings whenvertically aligned therein, and having stop means thereon to limit,withdrawal from the lug opening; and

elongated lift arms secured to each rod member and connected to thecovers.

6. Plural support means as defined in claim 5, wherein:

the upstanding element comprises a tubular standard;

and

a wheeledbase for the standard.

7. Plural support as defined in claim 6, and: a

transport levers secured to one pair of end plates.

3. A support as defined in claim 7, and:

anchoring means for the base.

9. A support for a receptacle having handle means on opposite sidesthereof and having a cover, the support comprising:

an upstanding support element;

an elongated frame secured to the upstanding element and including aback member, extended side arms, and end plates secured to the sidearms;

handle engagement means secured to the plates;

a lug member secured to the back member and having an opening formedtherein with at least one Wall;

a rod member, the opening in said lug member appreciably exceeding saidrod member in cross-section, said rod member being slidably mounted inthe lug opening when vertically disposed; and

an elongated lift arm secured to the rod member and the receptaclecover.

10. A support for a receptacle having handle means on opposite sidesthereof and having a cover, the support comprising:

an upstanding support element;

a backing member secured to said support element;

handle-engagement means secured to and supported from each end of saidbacking member;

a lug member secured to said backing member inwardly of and adjacent oneend thereof and having an opening formed therein with at least one Wall;

a rod member, the opening in said lug member appreciably exceeding saidrod member in cross-section, said rod member being slidably mounted inthe lug opening when vertically disposed;

and lift means operatively-connected to the rod member and thereceptacle cover.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Pelley 24s 154CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner.

1. A SUPPORT FOR A TRASH CAN OR THE LIKE HAVING HANDLE MEANS ON OPPOSITESIDES THEREOF, AND HAVING A COVER WITH AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING COVERHANDLE, THE SUPPORT COMPRISING: AN UPSTANDING SUPPORT ELEMENT; A BACKMEMBER SECURED TO THE SUPPORT ELEMENT, THE BACK MEMBER HAVING OUTERENDS; A SIDE ARM PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF THE ENDS OF THE BACKMEMBER INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATED SIDE MEMBER ANDAN OUTWARDLY ANGLED SIDE MEMBER, EACH SIDE MEMBER HAVING A DISTAL END;AN END PLATE FIXED TO EACH OF THE DISTAL ENDS AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLYTHEREFROM, THE END PLATES HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACEDAPERTURES FORMED THEREIN; HANDLE ENGAGEMENT MEANS, INCLUDING A PAIR OFL-SHAPED CLIPS, EACH HAVING A LEG PORTION AND A FOOT PORTION, THE FOOTPORTIONS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH SELECTED OPENINGS IN THE RESPECTIVE ENDPLATES WITH THE LEG PORTIONS EXTENDED UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND ENGAGEDWITH THE HANDLE MEANS OF THE CANS; A LUG MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING FORMEDTHEREIN WITH AT LEAST ONE WALL, PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BACKMEMBER, ADJACENT THE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR SIDE ARM; A ROD MEMBER,THE OPENING IN SAID LUG MEMBER APPRECIABLY EXCEEDING SAID ROD MEMBER INCROSS-SECTION, SAID ROD MEMBER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE LUG OPENINGWHEN VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND HAVING STOP MEANS THEREON TO LIMITWITHDRAWAL FROM THE LUG OPENING; AND AN ELONGATED LIFT ARM CONNECTED TOTHE ROD MEMBER, HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION SECURED TO THE COVER, ANDLIFT MEANS THEREABOUT.